Oswaldo Guayasamín

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Oswaldo Guayasamín
Guayasamín was born in Quito, Ecuador,to a native father and a Mestiza mother, both of Quichua descent
His family was poor and his father worked as a carpenter for most of his life.
Oswaldo Guayasamín later worked as a taxi and truck driver.
Guayasamín won the first prize at the Ecuadorian Salón Nacional de Acuarelistas y Dibujantes in 1948
In 1988, he painted a very controversial mural depicting the history
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museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró
Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism
Miró initially went to business school as well as art school.
He began his working career when he was a teenager as a clerk, although he abandoned the business world completely for art after suffering a nervous breakdown
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Wifredo Lam was born and raised in Sagua La Grande, a village in the sugar farming province of Villa Clara, Cuba. His contact with African celebrations and spiritual practices proved to be his largest artistic influence.

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter known for her self-portraits.
Kahlo's life began and ended in Mexico City, in her home known as "La Casa Azul," the Blue Hous Her work has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican national and indigenous traditions, and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form.
Her work has also been described as surrealist,
Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907, in her parents' house known as La Casa Azul (The Blue House), in Coyoacán. At the time, Coyoacán was a small town on the outskirts of Mexico City.

Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter.
His large frescoes helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in Mexican art. Between 1922 and 1953,
Rivera painted murals among others in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York

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